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The Real Madrid forward had twice hit the woodwork and seen his side have a goal chalked out for offside before he headed home the winner with 11 minutes remaining in the quarter-finals.

Portugal have reached the last four in three of their last four European Championships and Ronaldo, who is Euro 2012's joint leading scorer with three goals, is looking ahead to taking on either Spain or France at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk next Wednesday.

"I thought we played very well and created many chances," said the Real Madrid star. "We hit the post twice but it was important to get through to the semi-finals.

"The most important thing was that I scored and the team won. The side played very well and we are in the semi-finals, so we are very happy for that"